Hacka2thon
Event Information
Description
The first annual 36 hour hackathon for the Ann Arbor community
When: November 11th, 4pm - November 13th, 4pm
Where: North Quad (daytime) and TechArb (afterhours)
- TechArb
McKinley Building Basement
500 E. Washington St
Ann Arbor, Michigan (Map it!) - North Quad Space 2435
105 S State Street
Room 2435
Ann Arbor, Michigan (Map it!)
Who can come to Hacka2thon?
The event is open to everyone! So if you are a student, non-student, Ann Arbor resident, or even resident of Ohio, you are all invited to come. We do have a limited number of tickets(100), however, so get yours soon! We break down our 100 tickets into three categories:
- Developer / Programmer — 50 Tickets available
- Business / Marketing / Misc — 30 Tickets available
- Designer — 20 Tickets available
Why so many programming spots? We really want a Hackathon to focus on coding and developing awesome ideas. That being said, we know how important design, marketing and business skills are, so we don't want to leave them out.
What is the point of Hacka2thon?
The main point of Hacka2thon is that you come in and build something, from start to finish, in 36 hours. Want to build something great in Arduino? You can come in and do it! Got a great web app or mobile app idea? Go for it! As long as it deals with technology and follows the official rules (below), you can do it!
What are the categories for Hacka2thon?
Right now, the categories for the competition are:
- Best designed product
- Best unique product
- Best student submission
- Best open-source product
- Best mobile app
- Best web app
- Best overall app
- A few “sponsor based” categories that we will reveal at the competition
As you can see, there will be plenty of opportunities to win prizes!
What are the prizes for Hacka2thon?
Right now we have Best Buy gift cards, a Kindle 3G, and tons of Microsoft games — and that's just the start! All told, we will have over $2,000 worth of prizes at the event — but you have to buy a ticket to be a win!
Schedule of Events:
- 4:00PM — Kickoff at North Quad room 2435 (Snacks and drinks)
- 4:00PM to 4:30PM — Introductory speeches
- 4:30PM to 4:45PM — Sponsor speeches
- 4:45PM to 5:00PM — Details / Schedule of events for weekend / Miscellaneous
- 5:00PM - 8:00PM — Mix and Mingle for programmers and entrepreneurs
- 8:00PM — Hackathon begins
- 8:00PM - 11:00PM — Pizza and breadsticks at TechArb, head over from North Quad!
- 11:00PM — Must be at TechArb
- 11:00PM - 8:00AM Saturday — Coding / Hacking / Having fun!
- 9:00AM — Coffee served at North Quad (Move here if you wish, not neccesary)
- 12:00PM - 1:00PM — Snack break for lunch
- 1:00PM - 8:00PM — Coding / Hacking / Having fun!
- 8:00PM - 9:00PM — Pizza and breadsticks at TechArb
- 9:30PM - 11:00PM — Start to move to TechArb (If you aren't there already)
- 11:00PM — Must be at TechArb
- 11:00PM - 8:00AM Sunday — Coding / Hacking / Having fun!
- 8:00AM — Stop coding and start working on presentations!
- 9:00AM — Coffee served at North Quad
- 10:00AM - 12:00PM — Presentations for projects begin at North Quad
- 12:00PM - 1:00PM — Judging of projects, light lunch
- 1:30PM - 2:00PM — Winners announced for Hacka2thon
- 2:00PM - 3:00PM — Final Speeches, wrapup
More details to follow soon.
